Saw



Patented May 8,1945

j UNITED "SAW l George'DlHelry, Kansas City,'Mo. A" Application April 5, 1943, Serial N0.`481,934 2 claims. (ci. 14e- 33) This invention relates to improvements in saws and has particular reference to a hand saw suitable for sawing metal or wood.

The principal object of thepresent invention `is the provision of a saw having a specially constructed saw blade which will readily cut woods or metals without interfering withits cutting edges.

Another object of the invention is the provision `of a narrow saw blade carriedby a sheet metal frame or body which will follow entirely through the kerf formed by the blade.

A further object is the provision of a blade holder having novel means whereby thesaw blade may be easily and quickly inserted or removed from the operating position in the holder.

Other objects are simplicity and economy of construction, ease and accuracy of operation, and adaptability for use in sawing all types of materials. l

Reference will now be had to the drawing wherein:

Figure lis a side elevation of a saw embodyingthis invention.

Fig. 2 is a top edge view of the saw chown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view, partly in section, of the saw in the frame mounting.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 3. i i

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on im@ v-v of Fig. 3. l

Fig. 6 is an enlarged edge view of the saw looking at the saw teeth.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional View of the saw blade taken on line VII-VII of Fig. 3.

`Throughout the several views like reference characters refer to similar parts and the numeral ID designates a planar, sheet metal body having a bracket i2 secured by rivets i 3 or by spot welding to its upper rear edge to receive a suitable hand grip I4 by means of which the saw is operated. This body or blade member l Il is preferably made of agood grade of spring steel that will maintain its normal planar form `under normal sawing conditions and will have sufficient strength to support the saw blade in a manner hereinafter set forth, without any material flexing.

The lower front portion of the body l0 is provided with a folded bracket I6 having spaced apart walls I8 and 20 which encompasses a portion of body Ill and which is pivoted thereto by means of pin 22 to permit rocking of the bracket relative to the body member I0 in the direction i indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3. A bight 24 is formed upwardly from the bottom edge into `the `wall 20 of the bracket I6 while the opposite wall I8 thereof carries a rigidly mounted post 26which `extends transversely of the saw into bght 24.

The lower rear portion of frame body I0 is` provided With a folded sheet metal bracket 29 having spaced apart walls 28 `and 30 which encompass a corner portion of body I0 and are rigidly attached thereto by means of rivets 32 or by spot Welding.` A depending open loop 34 extends below the body l0 and has its one side wall oiset 'at 3B to receive thesaw adjusting bolt 38 which is provided at its forward end with a transverse saw engaging post Ml. Thisbolt 38 extends into loop 34 and is provided at its rear portion with a wood fiber washer 42 which rests against the rear edge of said loop and serves as a bearing for the knurled nut 44 `which is backed up by a winged lock nut 46.

The saw blade 48 is made of two hack saw blades 50 and 52 of like construction laid side to side and spot welded at 54 so that corresponding teeth 56 and holes 51 are in register. 4

The set of the sawteeth5 are identical so that they intermesh as shownin Fig 6 and also in Fig. 7. Due to the tilting of the teeth the outer point 58 of the tooth on blade 5I] will be slightly spaced from the inner point 60 of blade 52 thus presenting a better cutting saw edge than could be obtained by making a tooth in a blade of a single sheet as thick as the two blades combined.

In other words this double blade construction l presents a cutting edge that is far superior to a cutting edge made on a single blade twice the thickness of the blade 50 or `52. p In some instances it might be found advantageous to have the saw teeth ofthe two blades slightly offsetv longitudinally to obtain a different cutting action.

It will be noted that the set of the saw teeth is such that the saw kerf will be slightly wider than the thickness of saw body I il so that the body l0 can follow through the kerf to steady the saw and maintain a straight cut to any desired depth. A notch 62 is formed inwall 32 to receive the post 40 so as to maintain the blade in xed now be moved transversely from the post 40 and hinged downwardly until the blade registers with the bight 24 (see Fig. 3, dotted lines) then the blade can be lifted from post 26. This procedure is reversed when inserting a new blade.

I claim:

1. A hand saw comprising a holder having a planar sheet metal body; a bracket having a recess to receive the lower outer end portion of said body member in said recess and pivoted to the body for swinging ymovement relative thereto; `a looped bracket carried by the rearend of said body portion, a saw blade adapted to cut a kerf wider than the thickness of said planar sheet metal body secured at its one end to said hinged bracket, and its other end positioned in said looped bracket, and adjustable means whereby said saw blade is drawn taut in alignment below said body member whereby said sheet metal body `may be passed entirely through a member being body for swinging movement relative thereto; a

depending bracket carried by the rear end of said body portion, a saw blade adapted to cut a kerl? Wider than the thicknessuof ksaid planar sheet metal body secured at its one end to said hinged bracket and at its other end to said depending bracket; and adjustable means whereby said saw blade is drawn taut in alignment below said body member.

GEORGE D. HENRY. 

